Godless Cosmologies : A Gothic Fantasy of Madness, Wonder, and the Worlds Between

This is a gothic, literary fantasy which follows an asylumpatient facing one of life's greatest paradoxes, that to heal one's mindthrough love, one may have to lose one's mind first.

For fans of Alice's Adventures inWonderland, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, andPiranesi - a spellbinding gothic fantasy about a boy lostbetween two worlds, and the dangerous woman who holds the map toboth. When young Pear is admitted to Kopolka'smental asylum on the very day his mother dies, he expects grief. What he doesnot expect is Mystery. Enigmatic, brilliant, and terrifyingly persuasive,Mystery is a fellow patient with a gift for philosophy and a hunger for power. Before Pear understands what has happened, he is bound to her service - taskedwith tormenting a school bully, salvaging a shipwreck for a seaside shelter,and navigating the labyrinthine rules of a world that makes no sense. But there is another world. In the depths of sleep,Pear descends into the Water - a luminous, underwater realm where he becomes awhale, befriended by the wise and erudite Mr Octaveley, an octopus philosopherwith a talent for comfort. Down here, nothing is frightening. Down here,everything makes sense. The two worlds cannot coexist forever. As Mystery's delusions grow darker and her demandson Pear more dangerous, the line between reality and fantasy begins to shake. Pear must decide: surrender to the beautiful madness around him, or find thecourage to fight his way back to himself. Godless Cosmologies is ahaunting, beautifully written debut - lush with dark humour, classical prose,and a cast of unforgettable characters. It is a novel about grief, imagination,and what it costs a quiet soul to survive in a world that refuses to staystill. Perfect for readers wholove:Gothic and literary fantasyMental asylum settings with dark humourUnreliable narrators and dreamlikefictionRichly drawn, eccentric supportingcastsClassic-feeling prose with a modernsensibility "Haunting and spellbinding... a mustread for anyone looking for a slightly darker, but no less magical, take onclassic tales like Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan." -Verified Reader "The prose is absolutely stunning andreads like a classic... Godless Cosmologies had it all!" -Verified Reader